Chapter 384: Chu Clan Exile, Chu Tianqi
The Charm of Soul Pets
Inside the restaurant
After sitting down, Chu Xing and Chu Ning explained the situation in more detail to Chu Mu.
The familyâs development was relatively stable and wasnât hindered much. Everyone in the family was also doing well.
Knowing that the family was steadily growing, Chu Mu was slightly relieved. When Chu Mu was training outside, he was still the most worried about the clan situation. After all, the clanâs power was limited. If an outer expert interfered, it was easily collapsed.
At the time, choosing as the clan master to migrate further away was a wise plan by Chu Ming. This way, the clanâs strength could slowly grow, and they would no longer have any clan wide upheavalsâ¦â¦
âIâve always been away, so I canât easily care for clan situations. Big brother, third brother, the family will have to rely on you guys.â Chu Mu said.
It wasnât that Chu Mu was leaving the clan on its own without care, but that Chu Mu had his own hidden worries. Once they affect the clan, it would cause lethal damage to the clan, so Chu Xing and Chu Ning would have to shoulder the responsibility.
Chu Xing and Chu Ning naturally understood and nodded, âOh, and when we left, grandfather told us something: he told us to find him and bring him back.â
âWho?â Chu Mu asked.
âDo you still remember that when we were little we always asked why weâve never seen third uncle?â Chu Ning said.
âEn, what, didnât he leave in the early years?â Chu Mu nodded.
Chu Muâs father Chu Tianmang was Chu Mingâs fourth son, and above him was a third son, named Chu Tianqi. Almost no one of the third generation has seen him and, when elders were asked, they all said he lost his life unfortunately when training in the wilderness.
Chu Mu had never minded this event, so Chu Mu was secretly wondering why Chu Xing and Chu Ning had suddenly brought this up.
âThird uncle Chu Tianqi actually left the clan very early on to train. Based off grandfather, when fourth uncle Chu Tiancheng hadnât truly gotten powerful, third uncle Chu Tianqi was already becoming well known in the world. Third uncle Chu Tianqi and grandfatherâs personalities clashed, and because of an event that angered grandfather, they had a dispute and wasnât willing to come back to the clan for years. Many years later, when third uncle Chu Tianqi returned to the clan, he was already very powerfulâ¦â¦â Chu Xing said darkly.
âThis happened?â Chu Mu actually didnât know his clanâs third uncle never died.
âEn, after third uncle came back, he was even more arrogant. This point, third uncle was already more powerful than grandfather, so grandfather had no means to deal with him anymore. Not long after, your father returned from outside as well. Since he was very dissatisfied with third uncle Chu Tianqiâs attitude, they had an conflict. Since your father was a little more powerful than third uncle, third uncle was defeated by fourth uncle and left directly. Thereon after, there has been no news of himâ¦..â Chu Xing continued.
Chu Mu has not stayed in Chu Clan for too short of a time, but he had never heard of that. Chu Tianmang was crowned as the top five of that generation. If third uncle Chu Tianqi could feasibly challenge his father, then his strength must have been great as well.
âThird uncle Chu Tianqi had always made grandfather angry. Later, grandfather was scared others would make him sad when mentioning third uncle, so he always said third uncle died, and didnât let the other uncles talk about third uncle either. When it got to us, the story was already one of him passing away.
âThis many years has passed and grandfather has always been very worried for third uncle and now wants to know his situationâ¦â¦â
Chu Xing, getting here, also let out a small sigh and looked at Chu Mu before continuing, âBefore, grandfather could still hide these emotions, but heâs now slowly growing old. Many times, when he sits alone, he is thinking of third uncle too. Others actually really wish third uncle could go back to the clan. After all, theyâre father and son.â
Hearing Chu Xing say this, Chu Mu felt his heart hurt a little. No wonder Chu Ming always seemed to have something on his mind whenever Chu Mu went to see him. It turned out it was because of his mysterious third uncle Chu Tianqi.
Chu Mu knew that his father Chu Tianmang was ultimately still adopted. Though Chu Ming treated him as a true son, blood relations just werenât the same. Hearing Chu Xing say this, he knew that third uncle Chu Tianqi was definitely most favored by Chu Ming, and the one he had the highest hopes for, so to have it end this way wasâ¦â¦
Feelings is a thing that could be hidden for ten years, twenty years, but it couldnât be hidden for an entire life. As Chu Ming slowly aged, if he walked to the end of his life without fixing this regret, he would die with regret.
âGrandfather previously didnât want to migrate even when the clan was falling, also partially because he wanted to wait for third uncle to come back. Now that the family migrated away, grandfather was most worried about that. When we left, grandfather specially instructed us soâ¦â¦â
âGrandfather said this to us, âIf one day we can see third uncle, just tell him where grandfatherâs tomb is, so when he isnât busy anymore, he could at least come over and stamp on it a couple of times.â Chu Xingâs voice became very downcast.
âThen do you have any of his information?â Chu Mu asked.
In the midst of so many people, finding one person was too hard. Unless Chu Tianqi was already already a very famous soul pet trainer, finding him would be tough.
âMy father had always helped grandfather find news of third uncle. Unclear sources have said third uncle is in Tianxia City likely under an alias. If he has an alias, finding him will be very tough.
âYou are now slowly on your way towards the realm of experts. Uncle said that third uncle is probably a powerful expert within soul pet realm. Us two are limited in power, so we canât reach true experts. This we will have to rely on you. If you can send the message to third uncle, Grandfather would no longer have any regrets.â Chu Ning said.
Chu Mu nodded. Such thing Chu Mu couldnât possibly avoid. After all, Chu Ming had always treated Chu Mu very well, so how could he let him stay with this regret?
âExcuse me, is it the Chu Xing and Chu Ning brothers?â At this time, a female voice slowly came in from outside.
Chu Xing and Chu Ning looked at each other. The three were in a foreign environment, so they didnât bother to intentionally hide their conversation. It wasnât too uncommon for someone outside the paper screens to hear them.
âI think itâs Mengâer sister?â Chu Ning discerned Qing Mengâerâs voice.
Chu Xing nodded and gestured for the servant girl to push open the screens.
Pushing aside the screens, they revealed indeed Qing Mengâer standing there prettily, her big eyes watching the Chu family trio of brothers.
âCanâ¦â¦can I come in?â Qing Mengâer said quietly.
âOh, of course.â Chu Xing nodded.
Qing Mengâer carefully walked in and lowered her head. After a while did she say apologetically, âIâm truly sorry for what happened. I embarassed two brothers. That was my senior male apprentice, so I canât disobey himâ¦â¦ân/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âNot a big deal, weâve gotten used to it.â Chu Ning said nonchalantly.
Chu Xing and Chu Ning was no longer the type to be impatient, so how would they truly care about such matters. They could guess that Qing Mengâer had her own problems too.
Seeing Chu Xing and Chu Ning not care, Qing Mengâer smiled. She really was worried that her two big brothers would think of her as a gold-digger.
âThis is?â Qing Mengâer quickly took note of Chu Mu, who sat between Chu Xing and Chu Ning.
âOh, this is our third uncleâs son Chu Chen. You probably havenât seen him. Actually, we already havenât seen him in nearly ten years. We didnât think we would meet him here, haha.â Chu Xing very astutely rattled off Chu Muâs identity.
âYeah, yeahâ Chu Ning immediately nodded, playing along with Chu Xing.
Chu Mu smiled and nodded. When Qing Mengâer came in, Chu Mu used his remembrance to tell the two brothers to do so.
âMengâer? Mengâer? At this point, the young Luo Region Sect manâs voice came in.
Qing Mengâer showed an expression of disgust and helplessness and said apologetically again, âThree brothers please leave a contact method with me. Once I have the opportunity, Iâll look for you again. I still need to go with my elder disciple to see an elder of Luo Region Sect.â
âTurns out youâre hereâ¦â¦â Very quickly, Qing Mengâerâs elder disciple walked in. Seeing Qing Mengâer talking with the two people from before, he showed a brief moment of confusion, wondering how they got into the restaurant.
âItâs you, you guys are my sister discipleâs hometown friends, right.â Qing Mengâerâs elder disciple said indifferently as he greeted.
Though Qing Mengâerâs elder disciple didnât intentionally bad mouth them, the belittlement and disdain in his eyes were evident. This world never lacked people who didnât know how to respect others, or people who didnât know how to hide their emotions. This elder disciple of Qing Mengâer clearly was both, having a look of disgust naturally.
Chu Xing and Chu Ning both wanted to spit on his face, but clearly they couldnât show it, only able to laugh fakely.
Chu Mu naturally could tell that Chu Xing and Chu Ning didnât like this person much, so he started laughing coldly in his mind.
âYou guys are going to soul palace? Perfect, we need to go too, letâs go together.â Chu Mu stood up and told Qing Mengâer.
âAh? We need to go to soul palace?â Chu Ning asked questioningly.
Chu Mu immediately gave him a look and Chu Ning reacted quickly, changing to, âOf course, we need to go to soul palace. Drinking almost made me forget. This friend of yours wouldnât mind us going together, right?â
âWhy would we mind? We can enter freely into Soul Palace , so bringing you in wonât be a large problem.â
Qing Mengerâs elder disciple laughed and said.
Chu Ning and Chu Xing both stood up and didnât say much. They both knew that Chu Mu was a third tier top tier expert. Characters from Luo Region Sect definitely donât fall into consideration for Chu Mu. Beforehand, both of them were sick of biding their time. This time, they want to see how Chu Mu teaches the person the meaning of respect and let them get their satisfaction.